Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency).

Dundee City East
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Dundee City East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	2011
MSP	Shona Robison
Council area	Dundee City (part)
Party	Scottish National Party

Dundee City East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects sevenadditional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Dundee East was redrawn and renamed Dundee City East.

Electoral region

See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast and Dundee City West

The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Constituency boundaries

From the 2011 election, the redrawn and renamed Dundee City East constituency will consist of the following electoral wards;

• In full: East End, The Ferry;
• In part: Coldside; Maryfield; North East

Council area

The Holyrood constituency is within the Dundee City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee East and Dundee West are within the city area. The Angus constituency covers north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member		Party	Took office	Left office
	Shona Robison	SNP	2011	present

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Dundee City East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Shona Robison	16,541	64.2	+15.2
	Labour	Mohammed Asif	5,862	22.8	-9.8
	Conservative	Brian Docherty	2,550	9.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Petrie	800	3.1	-3.9
Majority			10,679	41.5
Turnout			25,753	47.4	-832
	SNP hold		Swing	+12.5

See also

• Politics of Dundee